CALENDAR AND INDEX. 



105, 



lias, 54 and 55 ; Gladioluses, 57 \ Lilies, 62 ; Tube- 

 roses, 72; Tiger Flowers, 73. Sow Annual, Bi- 

 ennial, and Perennial flower seeds in the open bor- 

 ders, 16 to 22. Attend to the walks, edgings, &c. 

 and see that tall plants are neatly tied to sticks, wires, 

 or stakes, 11, 24, 55, and 59. Procure and plant such 

 Perennial plants as may be necessary to make variety 

 in the flower beds, 23. 



Greenhouse plants may be set out by about the 

 middle of the month, and it should be done in cloudy 

 weather, in order that they may be prepared gradually 

 for the shining of the sun upon them. A situation, 

 exposed to the sun for only one half of the day, is pre- 

 ferable for most plants, especially if they can be shaded 

 at noon. Many plants, such as Coronillas, Heaths, 

 Aucubas, Myrtles, Oleanders, and several other sorts, 

 are subject to be infested with white and brown scaly 

 insects ; if these cannot be effectually taken from the 

 plants by washing and sponging, let the plants be 

 headed down early in the month of May, and if they 

 are well attended to, new branches will shoot out on 

 the old stem. Such Orange trees as were budded last 

 July or August, should also be headed down early in 

 this month. 



JUNE. 



The principal sowing season may be considered as 

 past ; but if any failures should have happened of 

 former sowings, seeds may be sown the early part of 

 this month, which, if kept watered occasionally, will 

 grow very quick. Greenhouse plants will need wa- 

 tering every evening, in dry warm weather; and in 

 the absence of dews, some sorts may need a little in 

 the morning at sunrise, 80. Hydrangeas, Daisies, 

 Polyanthus, Primulas, &c. should be kept shaded 

 from the noon-day sun, or they will droop, and some 

 may die. Carnations and Pinks, will need frequent 

 watering at the roots, and the branches should be tied 

 neatly to rods. Such flowering shrubs as may have : 



